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South Sudan Crisis Fact Sheet #40 May 2, 2014 SOUTH SUDAN – CRISIS FACT SHEET #40, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2014 MAY 2, 2014 NUMBERS AT USAID/OFDA 1 F U N D I N G HIGHLIGHTS BY SECTOR IN FY 2014 A GLANCE High-level U.S. Government (USG) and 1% U.N. personnel condemn violence; warn of 4% 923,000 5% famine in South Sudan. 5% Insecurity continues to impede Total Number of Individuals 30% humanitarian response efforts. Displaced in South Sudan 9% since December 15 Tensions remain high in Bentiu town, Unity U.N. Office for the Coordination of State, and Bor town, Jonglei State, Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) – April 10% following mid-April violence. 28, 2014 13% 23% HUMANITARIAN FUNDING 78,300 TO SOUTH SUDAN TO DATE IN FY 2014 Total Number of Individuals USAID/OFDA $60,775,086 Logistics & Relief Supplies (30%) Seeking Refuge at U.N. Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (23%) USAID/FFP2 $35,000,000 Mission in the Republic of Agriculture & Food Security (13%) 3 South Sudan (UNMISS) Humanitarian Coordination & Information Management (10%) State/PRM $47,300,000 Compounds Health (9%) Economic Recovery and Market Systems (5%) OCHA – April 28, 2014 $143,075,086 Protection (5%) TOTAL USAID AND STATE Nutrition (4%) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Shelter & Settlements (1%) 844, 700 TO SOUTH SUDAN Total Number of Individuals Displaced in Other Areas of KEY DEVELOPMENTS South Sudan U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry traveled to South Sudan on May 2 to meet with OCHA – April 28, 2014 President Salva Kiir to encourage implementation of the January 23 ceasefire agreement and urge the deployment of an additional 2,500 African peacekeeping troops to South Sudan. 300,800* Secretary Kerry condemned the violence—particularly targeted killings based on ethnicity— and drew attention to the growing risk of increased ethnic tension and famine in the country. Refugees from South Sudan in Neighboring Countries since U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and U.N. Special Adviser for the December 15 Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng traveled to South Sudan to meet with senior *Including an unconfirmed number Government of the Republic of South Sudan (RSS) officials during the week of April 28. of refugees, returnees, and nomads High Commissioner Pillay criticized President Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar who have fled to Sudan for their apparent lack of concern regarding the threat of famine. Office of the U.N. High Commissioner Tensions remain high in Bor, Duk, and Twic East counties, Jonglei; Rubkona County, Unity; for Refugees (UNHCR) – April 2014 and Renk County, Upper Nile, according to the U.N. In addition, fighting erupted between Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) elements in Wau town, Western Bahr el Ghazal 237,700 State, on April 26, prompting more than 800 people to flee to the UNMISS base in Wau. Refugees from Neighboring Relief organizations continue to respond to the needs of more than 22,500 people sheltering Countries in South Sudan at the UNMISS base in Bentiu. The internally displaced persons (IDPs) fled to the base UNHCR – April 30, 2014 following mid-April violence, which targeted civilians based on ethnicity and nationality. 1 USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) 2 USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) 3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) 1 INSECURITY, DISPLACEMENT, AND ACCESS CONSTRAINTS The current conflict in South Sudan, particularly in Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile, has displaced more than 1.2 million people—including 923,000 IDPs and 300,800 people who are seeking refuge in neighboring countries—since December 15. On April 23, clashes erupted in Renk County, Upper Nile, resulting in additional population displacement. Reports suggest approximately 30,000 to 40,000 people are fleeing conflict-affected areas in Renk toward Melut County, Upper Nile, according to the U.N. Hostilities between SPLA elements in Wau on April 26 forced at least 800 people to seek shelter at the civilian protection area at the UNMISS compound, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Tensions are high in Duk and Twic East counties, where fighting in late April prompted civilians to flee across the White Nile River toward Mingkaman town, Awerial County, Lakes State. Tensions also remain high in Bor and Bentiu, where mid-April violence resulted in civilian casualties. HUMANITARIAN NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES The South Sudan IPC analysis workshop—comprising participants from the RSS, USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), and other partner organizations—began in Yei County, Central Equatoria State, on April 24 to evaluate food security conditions in South Sudan.4 The analysis, which partners will likely release in mid-May, will integrate data from emergency food security assessments conducted by FAO, WFP, and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs). As of April 28, the U.N. Rapid Response Mechanism—led by the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF), FAO, and WFP— had provided humanitarian assistance, including more than 90 metric tons (MT) of relief commodities, in nine remote locations. In Jonglei, rapid response teams screened 1,540 children for malnutrition in Pochalla town and more than 570 children and pregnant and lactating women in Lankien town during the week of April 21. Relief actors provided children in both locations with health care services, including measles vaccinations and deworming tablets. CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT The Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster—the coordinating body for humanitarian camp coordination and management activities, comprising U.N. agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders—continues efforts to improve and expand existing civilian protection areas at UNMISS bases across the country. Despite progress, ongoing fighting and resultant insecurity, as well as funding constraints and logistical challenges, are hindering construction progress. AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY, AND NUTRITION U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) Toby Lanzer released a statement on April 29 calling on parties to the conflict to “observe one month of tranquility” during May to enable civilians to move freely within the country and plant crops before the April-to-May planting season ends. RC/HC Lanzer noted that civilians need to plant and cultivate to ensure a harvest at the end of 2014. Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster partners continue to provide food commodities to vulnerable populations across South Sudan to stem growing food insecurity. As of April 24, USAID/FFP partner WFP and implementing partners had provided approximately 1.2 million people—including IDPs, other conflict-affected people, refugees within South Sudan, and displaced people not directly affected by the current crisis—with food assistance. To increase food security in Eastern Equatoria State’s Torit County, where some families are hosting people displaced by the conflict, relief agencies provided crop kits—including cowpea, maize, and sorghum—to nearly 10,300 families, vegetable kits to approximately 9,300 families, and fishing kits to more than 2,000 families, according to the U.N. 4 The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a standardized tool that aims to classify the severity and magnitude of food insecurity. The IPC scale, which is comparable across countries, ranges from Minimal—IPC I—to Famine—IPC 5. 2 Meanwhile, WFP continues to facilitate food commodity airdrops in conflict-affected areas of Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile. WFP mobile distribution teams, which quickly register populations in target areas and retrieve and distribute airdropped food commodities, are currently operating in Lankien, Moto, Pibor, and Pochalla towns, Jonglei; Ganyel town, Unity; and Ulang town, Upper Nile. UNICEF provided 385 cartons of Plumpy’Nut—a specialized nutrition product—to the international NGO CARE for distribution at the Bentiu UNMISS compound, where approximately 22,500 IDPs are currently sheltering. In late April, UNICEF and partners in Bentiu screened 405 children under five years of age for malnutrition, finding 6.2 percent severe acute malnutrition and 60 percent moderate acute malnutrition. Between April 22 and 28, nutrition actors screened nearly 3,900 children for malnutrition across South Sudan using the mid-upper arm circumference assessment technique. HEALTH AND WASH As congestion at the UNMISS civilian protection areas continues to contribute to poor health and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions, relief actors are urgently working to deliver critical assistance to IDPs. UNICEF and partners recently constructed a borehole for the IDPs sheltering at the UNMISS civilian protection site in Bentiu, increasing IDP access to safe drinking water from 2 liters per person per day to 6.5 liters per person per day. In addition, WASH partners constructed several new latrines in the protection area, improving the people-to-latrine ratio from one-to-317 to one-to-129, according to UNICEF. In Bor, NGO International Aid Services continues to supply safe drinking water to approximately 5,000 IDPs sheltering in the UNMISS civilian protection area. Relief agencies are also providing WASH commodities, such as soap; conducting hygiene promotion activities; and managing solid and liquid waste. As of May 1, relief organizations had provided health care assistance to more than 1 million people across South Sudan, according to
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